Hi Duncan, Felix, Thanks for the replies. Please see my comments below.
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 09:39 PM PST, Duncan wrote: D> Mun Johl posted on Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:37:52 -0800 as excerpted: D> D> > My Platform: D> > Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client release 5.9 (Tikanga) D> > Qt: 3.3.6 KDE: 3.5.4-26.el5_7.1 Red Hat D> > D> > I am trying to figure out which font setting applies to the desktop D> > labels on the taskbar. I have tried modifying the "Taskbar" font via D> > the KDE Control Center, but that only changed the font of the labels for D> > the open applications, and not the desktop labels. I actually want to D> > do the reverse if possible: That is, only change the font of the desktop D> > labels, and not the labels of the running applications. D> > D> > BTW, do I need to reboot for the change to take affect on the desktop D> > labels? D> D> Wow, qt3, kde3, that's half a decade out of date, and kde 3.5.4 is D> several years older than that! I doubt you'll find many who remember the D> details that far back, let alone who are still running it. You'd D> probably be better off on the Red Hat forums, assuming they're still D> supporting it, as you'll likely at least have people there still running D> stuff of that vintage. Thanks for the tip, I'll give that a shot. BTW, I do realize I'm running with old versions; but believe it or not, I apply every update Red Hat makes available on this platform. Sigh. Regards, -- Mun D> Meanwhile, I can't answer the taskbar font question as I haven't actually D> run a taskbar (I do alt-tab, or task-list with a middle-click on the D> desktop, or with kde4, there's the cube/cylinder/globe-switch, grid- D> switch, and other opengl-effect-based choices available) since... D> probably kde 3.2 era. D> D> But I can answer the last question. A reboot shouldn't be necessary, tho D> you may have to restart plasma (if you were running kde4) or ... it'd be D> kicker back in the kde3 era. Alternatively, simply restart kde (logout D> and back in if using a *dm graphical login, or quit kde/X and run startx D> or whatever again, if using a CLI (commaind line interface) login and D> starting X/kde from there). There's definitely no need for a full D> reboot, since X and kde run on top of the CLI. D> D> As I said, for the font question, your best bet is a RHEL5 forum, tho D> it's /possible/ you'll find someone here who remembers that far back and D> even remotely possible you'll find someone else actually still running D> it, tho I doubt it as the discussion is pretty much all kde4 these days, D> and most folks still running kde3 would have unsubscribed as it's 99% D> noise, to them. D> D> -- D> Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. D> "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- D> and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman D> D> ___________________________________________________ D> This message is from the kde-linux mailing list. D> Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-linux. D> Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. D> More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde-linux mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-linux. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.
